BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar ’s military rulers have granted amnesty to more than 3,000 political prisoners locked up for opposing army rule and dropped charges against over 5,500 others ahead of next month’s election, state media reported Wednesday.

It was not immediately clear whether the prisoner release would include former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been held virtually incommunicado since the military’s seizure of power in February 2021.

State-run broadcaster MRTV said the amnesty was granted “to ensure that all eligible voters do not lose their right to vote and can cast their votes freely and fairly in the upcoming multi-party democratic general election” on Dec. 28.

MRTV said Myanmar’s State Security and Peace Commission, which functions as the authority overseeing the transitio

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